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Squirt (Cue Ball Deflection)

Home | FAQ Encyclopedia | Squirt (Cue Ball Deflection)

– aim compensation
– bridge length effects
– causes for squirt
– cue elevation effects
– cue natural pivot length
– data for various cues/shafts
    – Platinum Billiards robot test results
– draw/follow effects
– effects summary
    – list
– endmass and stiffness
– low-squirt (low-deflection, LD) shafts
– miscue limit

– published data

– robot test results
    – Rules for CB Deflection Testing
– spine effects
– speed effects
– squerve
– “squirt,” “deflection” and “stiffness”
– squirt, swerve and throw confusion
– stiffness effects

– straight-in shot with unintentional english
– tip hardness effects
– tip contact height effects
– tip size and shape effects
– what causes squirt?

For more information, see Section 4.04 in The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards and Vol. II of the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots.


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